History is an important part of most countries I think. Here in the US, I believe it's mandatory in most areas to take a course in American History to complete high school. Unfortunately there is a great lack in the history of other countries. There are world history classes, but they focus mostly around European/American history except for influences in WWII. Or at least that is how it was at my high school. A rather small town so it may be lacking in those areas compared to larger districts or private schools. ^^

in my school, we have a subject that teaches the history of the philipines for 1 semester then ancient history for the 2nd semester and then history of about 1-2 specific country for the 3rd semeter. for me it is important to know the history of my country and as well as other countries but i am not sure about the others:)